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Most of the modern internet comes from home inventors. Most of Britain comes from home inventors, for that matter. That doesn't mean it's completely safe, but it does mean that any regulation should be carefully considered. Destroying the future to preserve the present isn't a good exchange.imipakOn guardian.co.uk

There are research labs all around the world that would love to have enthusiastic, volunteer scientists exploring new ideas. But there isn't a lab in the world that will take somebody intent on creating their own nuclear device or exploring other dangerous ideas. There are ways to do good science and there are ways to do dangerous science (and get arrested). As a teenager, I caused considerable damage to my parents' kitchen in the name of "science". Although they forgave me, it turns out the experiment I had "designed" was full of flaws.kykcrzyOn guardian.co.uk

Dirty Little Secret was a fascinating illustration of human cultural inertia. The Liberians' resistance to connecting sanitation with health was mirrored by the reporter's very British inability to write about toilets without sprinkling it with giggly coyness. roundthings On guardian.co.uk

No one else's business? Of course it's no one else's business. But Angus Deayton fronted a show that sneered at other people, often about things that were no one else's business, either. Karma's a bitch. hazhOn guardian.co.uk

You can't blame the likes of Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton for trousering all that money. We're the mugs for not seeing that a career in broadcasting or banking was a ticket for the gravy train, and opting for foolish trades such as nursing.SoleTwin On guardian.co.uk

Fifty thousand a show? Just look at the number of shows they've done. They must be laughing.carlilephotography On guardian.co.uk

A two-year-old, taken away from his mother, was "withdrawn, disoriented and traumatised". Weird, that. Carol GranereEvie, Orkney

Statistics for 2010/11 show that one British child was taken every two days by a parent who takes them abroad – and that's just reported cases. Countries that haven't signed up to the 1980 Hague Convention are not compelled to abide by a UK court order, so in upwards of 40% of such abductions, the law is powerless. Stuart CarruthersLewes, East Sussex

At 39, I think I am at "that awkward age", because part of me finds What You Like really helpful, while the rest thinks it is the middle-class version of Take A Break's Top Tips.Tracy TidswellYork

Would Tim Dowling ask his father to send more letters – I'd like to know what he thinks of the bus app.Linda StringerLondon W13

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